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Single page flyer printed for the opening of the bell hooks Institute at Berea College.

The entry for bell hooks on page 250 of the 2015 edition of the Kentucky African-American Encyclopedia.

Cover and title pages for the book "Happy to be nappy" by bell hooks. Title page is inscribed to her niece.

Cover and title page for the book Ain't I a woman: Black women and feminism by bell hooks. Title page is inscribed by the author to Gwenda, her sister.

A photograph of a painted portrait of Belle Hooks, the donor's great grandmother and wife of Gilbert Hooks. The original painting was destroyed in a fire in the 1990's.

Photograph of a portrait of Gilbert Hooks. The original portrait was destroyed in a fire in 1990.

Photocopy of the death certificate for Gilbert Hooks, great grandfather of donor. The certificate states Hooks was killed by a gunshot wound through the stomach and kidney in 1913.

Discharge papers for Veodis Watkins, Sergeant in the 3227th Quartermaster Service Company. Includes certificate of honorable discharge, enlistment record and separation report and separation qualification report. Records show Mr. Watkins…

Veodis Watkins' completed application for National Service Life Insurance, Veterans Administration insurance form 350, Rev. Sept. 1942.

Sepia toned photograph of Veodis Watkins taken while he was a student in the second grade of Booker T. Washington Elementary School, Hopkinsville Kentucky.